Bochncea,~] xxxviii. sapixdace.1!:. 483 



field. The general aspect is that of i). procumbens, from which li is readily known hv the 

 large sepals or by the fruit, ^ . ^ 



Var. Mrtella, Branches hirsute with short spreading hairs. Leaves mostly S-lobeil 

 Dnmmoyid, hth Colk ?i. 249, ^ 



Muell 



ifolia 



A low 



Leaves 



narrow-hncar with revolute margins, almost terete or subulate, under 1 in. 

 iong;. Flowers solitary or 2 together, on veiy short recurved pedicels. Se- 

 pals ovate or lanceolate. Anthers usually 6. Capsule nearly globular or 

 obscurely 4-angled, about 2 or nearly 3 lines diameter, not horned, but some- 

 tunes bearing small tubercles at the uppei- outer ^d.^Q of the angles. 



S. Australia- S. coast, R, Broicn ; Port Lincolu, Mount Greenly, and Marble Range, 



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25, D, ericoides, 2Iiq, in PL Preiss, I 227. A low shrub, with a 

 thick rootstoct and erect rather slender branching stemSj often under 1 fc. 

 high but sometimes twice as much, glabrous as well as the leaves or hoaiy- 

 pubescent. Leaves sessile^ linear, obtuse, 2 to 3 lines or rarely -| in. long, 

 the margins closely rcvobite, entire or Avith 2 or 3 small teeth or lobes, 

 r lowers terminal, solitary, on veiy short recuiTed leafy peduncles. Sepals 

 broadly lanceolate, acuminate, often 2 lines long, more or less hoary-tomen- 

 tose. Capsule hoary-pubescent, nearly globular, with obtuse angles, neither 

 winged nor horned, 3- or 4- rarely 5-celled. 



W". Australia. lu the iuterior, rare, Freiss, n. 2435 ; Drummond, ColL 1843, n, 726, 



Sekies V. Pinnate. — Leaves all pinnate or very rarely a few simple 

 ones at the base of the branches. Capsule of the Ci/clopter<£^ except in D, 

 03cyptera and D. iruBqiufolia, where it approaches that of the Plalyptera, 

 and in D, humilis, where it is apterous ; dissepiments persistent on the axis 

 in all except 1). mcequifoUa. 



26. D. polyzyga, F. MuelL Pragm. i. 74. A tall shrub, the short 

 flowering branches nearly terete and, as well as the leaves, sparingly pubes- 

 cent and gUmdidar-viscid. Leaves pinnate, the rhachis slightly dilated or 

 iiearly terete; leaflets numerous, often above 30, oblong, acute, rarely 

 exceeding \ in., entire, obliquely rounded at the base and almost petiolulate, 

 flat, 1 -nerved, rather ri^'id but not coriaceous. Flowers not seen. Fruiting 



1 



the terminal sinus usually opeu. 



N. Australia. Upper Victoria river, F. Mueller. 



_ 27. D. megazyga, -F. Muell. Herb. A tall shrub, glabrous and sli/^litly 

 viscid, tlie young branches acutely angled. Leaves mostly pinnate, the rhachis 

 co)ispicuou3ly winged ; leaflets usually numerous, sometimes above 30, lanceo- 

 late, acute, I to 1 in. long; in some specimens the lower leaves of the 

 branches reduced to very few leaflets or to a simple linear-lanceolate leaf. 

 i'iowers rather large, in short axillaiy racemes or terminal panicles, tlie pedicels 

 slender. Sepals ovate. Capsules small, with broad obovate or orbicular di- 

 verging win^s of 3 or 4 lines. 



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